Fun with friends at previous quilt festivals......

Every year it gets better:  the time I share with friends at quilt festivals!  Many of us rarely see each other outside of these events so we make up for lost time while we are gathered together.  The subculture of mixed-media and fiber art brings us together, but the sheer joy of spending time together bonds us.
Here are a few images, randomly selected, of previous gatherings:

Leslie & Karey Bresenhan @ the SAQA/Quiltart reception

2003

Frances Holliday Alford with her sisters at the tiara parade

2003

Tiara parade hits the show floor!  

Kathy York after she realizes her quilt, "Little Cities" has won first prize

Kathy talks about her winning quilt, "Little Cities"

Frances poses by her encrusted quilt

Austin art quilt group at the awards ceremony for "Kiwi and Fuschia Meet For Mojitos"

L-R: Frances, Leslie, Connie, Sherri, Raewyn, and Kathy

Frances & Leslie pose in front of "Guadalupe Goes Shopping"

2008

Rachel Parris "wears" one of Frances' wreaths as Judy Coates Perez catches a photo

Melly Testa rocking a spoon

Leslie & Jamie Fingal

'Dinner At Eight' having dinner at eight @ Spencer's in the Hilton

After-hours painting in our room:

Clockwise from bottom:  Judy Coates Perez, Leslie, Nina Perez, 

Barbara Delaney, and Frances Holliday Alford

How you feel the day after festival!

(Jamie Fingal crashed on my studio sofa)

Kathy York: Cover Girl!

Kathy York's amazing quilt, "Fifty, Female, and Fearless"

Kathy's quilt can be seen in Houston at the International Quilt Festival as part of "Beneath The Surface",

a special exhibition co-curated by Jamie Fingal and myself.

Dinner At Eight Artists ROCK!

And, if that wasn't cool enough (which it IS) I will have an article in the same magazine about using shredded paper for various surface design techniques.  Woo Hoo!

Arriving in Long Beach: hanging Beneath The Surface

Jamie and I arrived in Long Beach this morning to hang the Beneath the Surface exhibition.  Between the personal luggage, the workshop/Open Studios supplies, and the quilts for Beneath the Surface, we got our money's-worth from the bellmen.  Here we go!

Do you think we have enough stuff??

Our fearless hanging crew (l-r):  Pamela Kleibaum, Jamie, Jayne Larson, Leslie, Sherry Kleinman, & Loris Bogue (Joanell Connolly was part of the crew but left before lunch)

Thank you all!

L-R: Iris Karp, Judy Coates-Perez, Jamie, and I

Notice Iris trying to get in the reflection??  Too funny!

"Beneath The Surface" has sponsors!!!

Beneath the Surface-debuting at the Long Beach Quilt Festival, July, 2010

From the roots that anchor a majestic tree, to a song by Kings of Leon, "Beneath the Surface" has many connotations. We look into dark water and wonder what lies beneath. We long to understand the meaning of a cryptic statement. What comes to mind when you ponder what is "Beneath the Surface?"

This is our theme for 2010 and the exhibit will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, CA - July 24-27th. Beneath the Surface is a juried invitational. An announcement of the artists whose work will be in the exhibit will be posted in late March. We are happy to report that our exhibit will be sponsored by Moore's Sewing Centers andBrother International.
Moore's Sewing Center is a 3rd generation family owned business that has been serving Southern California for 55 years. They have five (5) locations in Mission Viejo, Riverside, orange, Apple Valley and Huntington Beach. They sell sewing machines, vacuum cleaners and energy efficient fans. They offer classes, sewing machine repair, thread, notions, etc.

Brother International/Home Sewing offers a full line of sewing and embroidery machines, including the special edition "Project Runway" machine.